Greenfield votes 4-1 to terminate mutual policing agreement

12:40 PM,
Aug. 29, 2013

Soledad Chief Eric Sills

Written by

Allison Gatlin
agatlin@thecalifornian.com

Decisions in King City and Gonzales to reject a proposed policing merger prompted the Greenfield City Council on Tuesday to terminate a contract that allowed the city to share a police chief with Soledad, an official said Wednesday.

Soledad police Chief Eric Sills was sworn in to the helm of both departments in March 2012. His hire in Greenfield followed the politically charged retirement of former Chief Joseph Grebmeier, who was both lauded and condemned for reaching out to the indigenous Oaxacan community.

Grebmeier, who was placed on leave in September 2011, retired in February 2012. In ...